Gandhi has been at the receiving end of several such statements. BJP leader Kailash Vijaywargiya had said recently that the Congress was fielding ‘choclatey’ faces in the Lok Sabha because they did not have strong leaders.

Bihar deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi was quoted as saying by IANS, “An election is neither a wrestling match, nor a beauty contest, nor is it a competition of some other type.”

BJP leader and Bihar Minister Vinod Narain Jha had said that he saw no quality in Gandhi except for being beautiful.